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1. THE METHOD OF ASSEMBLING ELECTRON-DISCHARGE DEVICES COMPRISING THE STEPS OF INSERTING A FIRST ELECTRODE INTO AN APERTURED SUPPORT, ONE END OF SAID FIRST ELECTRODE REMAINING FREE, THREADING A GUIDE MEMBER THROUGH A HOLLOW SECOND ELECTRODE AND INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FREE END OF SAID FIRST ELECTRODE, TELESCOPING SAID SECOND ELECTRODE ALONG SAID GUIDE MEMBER AND ABOUT SAID FIRST ELECTRODE AND INTO SAID APERTURED SUPPORT, ARRANGING AND HOLDING THE FREE ENDS OF THE ASSEMBLED ELECTRODES IN A PREDETERMINED PATTERN, AND APPLYING AN APERTURED INSULATING WAFER TO THE ENDS THUS HELD.
 3. IN AN ASSEMBLING MACHINE, A UNIT FOR INSERTING A SECOND LONG AND SLENDER ELEMENT CLOSELY ADJACENT A FIRST SUCH ELEMENT CARRIED BY A SUPPORTING FIXTURE, SAID UNIT COMPRISING A MULTIPLE-JAW LOCATING MECHANISM, MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID MECHANISM INTO LATERAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FREE END OF THE FIRST ELEMENT, A SECOND LOCATING MECHANISM COMPRISING A ROD AND MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID ROD INTO ENDWISE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FIRST ELEMENT WHILE THAT ELEMENT IS HELD BY THE FIRST LOCATING MECHANISM, A CARRIER AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CARRIER ALONG SAID ROD AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE ELEMENT PREVIOUSLY INSERTED IN THE FIXTURE FOR ASSEMBLING THE SECOND ELEMENT, AND AN ACTUATOR INCLUDING OPERATING MEANS FOR RETRACTING THE MULTIPLE-JAW LOCATING MECHANISM IN ADVANCE OF THE CARRIER. 